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We are home! We had a grand old time at the beach. Our last few days had some iffy weather, but luckily it was not a total wash. (And luckily there were no August hurricanes!) {Missing Melissa} Mr. Birch really seemed to enjoy the change of scenery, and he ended up liking the sand. He only tried to eat it once, surprisingly. He did carefully select several snack-looking shells from the sand ...
Beach highlights since I last checked in: Crab pickin' Cake by the ocean Ghost crab hunting John's waffles A day of icy (FREEZING) ocean water (so weird) $3 pool rafts providing endless entertainment A rainbow baby pool worth every penny Lots of deli pickle sandwiches Beach football A cloudy morning that opened to sunny skies New fishing hats Fishing FOR ...
Hi from Duck, North Carolina! We're here on the Outer Banks for a week with Thomas's side of the family: his parents, John and Eileen; his brother, Clay, and his wife Melissa and their son Nash. Our house is pretty awesome with a super cool ocean-view pool. We've been alternating beach/pool/pool/beach since we arrived. The ocean has been great, and the sun shining. We're soaking up the last few ...
^^ We have a fig tree between our houses and I ate some for breakfast over pumpkin + cottage cheese! What Else Is In Our Yard You Ask? Chinch bugs. Ever heard of them? I hadn't either. Our yard looked like this this spring: And now it looks like this: It's all brown and thatchy. We have been using a yard service for the past year to get our grass looking good, so it's heartbreaking ...
Birch is 9 months old and I've been using Beautycounter for 4 months. Here are some updates! Beauty Here's my favorite photo from little Birch's first day of life! I had just taken a shower. My hair was still damp and I had just a touch of makeup on. I can't remember if I put any CC cream on my face, but if I did it wasn't covering up much. My eye goes right to the sweet baby in the photo, ...
A little big for my lap, but never too old!! My big boy comes home today!! We have missed him so much. When I wrote about reading more last month a few of you suggested that you schedule reading times WITH your older kids where you both read your own books. I thought this was a genius idea!! A win-win for new readers and old readers alike. Bedtime Lasts Forever Bedtime in our house is always ...
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Our best weekends start and end on the porch. These rocking chairs were such a great purchase! Celebrating Cindy! On Friday night we left Birchie sleeping with a babysitter and joined 20 of our favorite people at The Local for a dinner celebrating Cindy's birthday! She turned 26 + ? and she and her husband, Eddie, hosted our group for a four-course dinner. So very generous of them, and such a ...
^^Mood That is the first fall leaf. And that is P U M P K I N in my bowl!! With a fresh summer peach on top. That pretty much describes how I feel about August. Not wishing summer away (we're heading to the beach again soon!) but also not complaining about crisp, cool September mornings on the horizon :) Crumbled on top of my pumpkin + yogurt blend was a breakfast cookie I'll be sharing ...
